Tera Melos + Tangled Hair

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Its been a while since weve heard from Tera Melos (Sargent House). Four years to be exact. And, oh my, are they back with a vengeance.

Trash Generator, the trios third full length, is an astonishing blast of confidence and rejuvenation. It sounds as if the downtime has recharged the band with an entirely new sense of purpose. The performances are brilliant and sharp, the songs concise yet intricately detailed, and the album production deftly captures the bands strength as a live unit. Their dalliances with mellower psychedelic phrases on their previous two albums, Xed Out (2013) and Patagonian Rats (2010) are significantly trimmed and instead utilized as colorations within a swirling maelstrom of righteous aggro punk-jazz abandon. As such, it sounds like Tera Melos has fully metabolized their pop tendencies and found a way they can coexist with the bands iconoclast origins. Tera Melos guitarist/vocalist Nick Reinhart, bassist Nathan Latona and drummer John Clardy have learned to stop worrying and just be Tera Melos.